The exhibition attempts to trace textile practices, traditions and histories in Contemporary Indian Art. As a medium textile, has an intrinsic meaning and context. The material’s history, its modes of production and its function as a cultural object inform its use in contemporary art practice.
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Connecting Threads: Textiles in Contemporary Practice

Curated by Tasneem Zakaria Mehta and Puja Vaish
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This rare set of 18 volumes cataloguing the variety of popular Indian fabrics is one of the permanent collections of the Museum. It is an important part of the history of textile trade between India and England, aimed to show the British manufacturers the types of fabrics that could be reproduced in the textile looms of Lancashire and exported to India at a cheaper rate.
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Object Of The Month

Plate 270. Gold and Beetle Wing Embroidery on gold muslin cloth, from Madras The Textile Manufactures of India by John Forbes Watson, Vol 7., 1860-66
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Restoration and Revitalization

12/2018

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The Museum is hosting two screenings of Science Film Festival 2018: Food Revolution These films explore key issues around nutrition and meeting the demands of a fast growing global population as one of the key challenges of this century.

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SCIENCE FILM FESTIVAL 2018: FOOD REVOLUTION

In collaboration with Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai
DEC 15, 2018
The Museum is in the process of creating a dynamic new identity for itself as a cultural hub in Mumbai. We are excited to welcome a new building, which will be an iconic addition to the architectural and cultural heritage of the city.
Museum of the Future

Museum Expansion

The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai
City Museum seeks to serve the community as an Institution dedicated to excellence in culutral education through exhibitions and unique visual and intellectual media.

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